Pointless posting

[!x!dude!x!2]

I do understand peoples points though.
Before this thread was moved to spam, both these posts had the exact same meaning but only one was edited as the other one contained 5 more characters and 2 spaces

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthrea...35#post8090935 [EDITED POST]


http://www.habboxforum.com/showthrea...67#post8090967

i didn't put just one word witch would count as a pointless point

[Phil]

Why don't we just ban skandair? Problem solved

That won't solve the problem. The problem isn't necessarily his threads, it's the pointless replies that are posted and how they are dealt with.

[Yawn]

no the problem is u guys r too strict

[Jazz]

I kinda understand the annoyance of pointless posting, I've had so many PM's about it and its a frustrating rule to follow while moderating (hence why, like everyone.. I sometimes get it wrong). The rule does need a look into how strict it is, but moderators have to follow our rules too and moderate correctly

Personally I think it would be a good time to trial different rule changes, I wouldn't want the pointless posting rule gone because then it would be a forum full of crap. The rule does however need another think! What springs to mind is a rule set in Habboxlive about song titles, they used to be similar in ruling to P-Posting but were made into a 3 strike system.

3 minor breaks = 1 PM/Caution
1 major break = 1 PM/Caution

Something on those lines? Maybe have a base rules for the majority of the more general forums then have tailored pointless posting rules for the more serious/informative sections (current affairs, habbo news, graphics [cc rule already there] etc).

Pointless posting is an issue, and I think if the rule was taken out completely they might as well just turn the forum into a chatbox.

"Chabbox = The place where prats procrastinate"

[Phil]

no the problem is u guys r too strict

The problem is people are breaking the rules and can't handle the PM's.

[Kardan]

Can the MODs actually link me to some pointless posts that are actual issues? Most of the 'pointless posts' I see are people replying to someone, but not referring to the thread title. I wouldn't call that a serious issue.

[Phil]

Can the MODs actually link me to some pointless posts that are actual issues? Most of the 'pointless posts' I see are people replying to someone, but not referring to the thread title. I wouldn't call that a serious issue.

As long as I have been a Moderator; pointless posts that were the problem were posts that had nothing to do with the thread or had very little contribution to the thread.
More recently the problem has been a lot of users posting on every thread they can with just one or two words. This really started when the Posting Statistics came back and people were trying to get post count up in order to receive the tokens and reputation.

[Yawn]

The problem is people are braking the rules and can't handle the PM's.

i highly doubt ANY1 cares about a pm which wont lead to anything (otherwise ppl wouldve stop)
the problem is the rules r too uptight and anal about creating discussion where there doesnt need to be discussion and trying to label perfectly acceptable posts as pointless

u all need to stop and change immediately. which other forums r this boring and lame. naturally i see warnings for off topic posts on other forums but never pointless 1s e.g. for 1 word answers. ur on a habbo forum pls dont forget that losers

[Calum0812]

Can the MODs actually link me to some pointless posts that are actual issues? Most of the 'pointless posts' I see are people replying to someone, but not referring to the thread title. I wouldn't call that a serious issue.

Generally people who don't actually contribute anything, just post one or two word answers - not a lot of ifgserufgsreghsriuhgidurhg being posted

[Jordan]

I really think we should allow short worded replies as long as they are on topic. However if it is clearly seen that a user is repeatedly posting one worded answers in threads over a period of time to probably gain post count then action should be taken. Something needs to be done anyway.